Program Overview

Business Communications Office Technology: Secretary/Administrative Assistant at Cerritos College

Certificate of Achievement

Secretary/Administrative Assistant prepares students for employment as an administrative assistant, executive secretary, general secretary, office secretary, executive assistant, virtual assistant, school secretary, senior executive assistant, or office manager in any business sector, education, government, or medical/dental/hospital office environment.

Salary, Growth and Careers

Salary

Careers associated with this program have a salary range from $35,000 to $100,000 with an average salary of $55,000.

Growth

Career opportunities for this program are expected to shrink nationwide from 2022 to 2032.

Careers

• Word Processors and Typists
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -38.6%
  • Average Salary: $50,000
  • Salary Range: $42,000 - $53,000
• Cargo and Freight Agents
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +9.7%
  • Average Salary: $57,000
  • Salary Range: $43,000 - $62,000
• Correspondence Clerks
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -5.9%
  • Average Salary: $52,000
  • Salary Range: $40,000 - $61,000
• Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +3%
  • Average Salary: $62,000
  • Salary Range: $50,000 - $67,000
• Data Entry Keyers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -26%
  • Average Salary: $48,000
  • Salary Range: $38,000 - $55,000
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -21.1%
  • Average Salary: $86,000
  • Salary Range: $65,000 - $100,000
• File Clerks
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -16%
  • Average Salary: $46,000
  • Salary Range: $35,000 - $54,000
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -5.2%
  • Average Salary: $75,000
  • Salary Range: $58,000 - $85,000
• Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: -4.9%
  • Average Salary: $54,000
  • Salary Range: $46,000 - $61,000
• Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -3.2%
  • Average Salary: $51,000
  • Salary Range: $38,000 - $60,000
• Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -10.1%
  • Average Salary: $52,000
  • Salary Range: $40,000 - $61,000
• Office Clerks, General
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -6.6%
  • Average Salary: $48,000
  • Salary Range: $37,000 - $55,000
• Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -8.3%
  • Average Salary: $53,000
  • Salary Range: $36,000 - $63,000
• Order Clerks
  • Education Level: Some college, no degree
  • Job Growth: -18.2%
  • Average Salary: $46,000
  • Salary Range: $37,000 - $52,000
• Procurement Clerks
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -7.6%
  • Average Salary: $53,000
  • Salary Range: $44,000 - $60,000
• Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: -11.6%
  • Average Salary: $53,000
  • Salary Range: $43,000 - $61,000

Program Map

Certificate of Achievement

34.5 - 37.0 Units

• Fall 2024, 1st Term
  • 16.5 - 17.0 Units
  • MAJ BCOT 60: Customer Service/Telephone Techniques (1.0 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 96: Microsoft PowerPoint (1.5 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 97: Microsoft Outlook (1.5 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 112: Microsoft Word (3.5 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 118: Microsoft Access for Office Technology (1.5 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 161: Principles of Filing (1.0 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 162: Business Spelling and Proofreading Skills (3.0 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 71 or BCOT 155: Choose a course (3.5 - 4.0 Units)
• Spring 2025, 2nd Term
  • 14.5 - 16.5 Units
  • MAJ BCOT 113: Microsoft Excel (3.5 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 146: Business English for the Digital Workplace (3.0 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 152 or BCOT 247: Choose a course (1.5 - 3.0 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 155 or BCOT 71: Choose a course (3.5 - 4.0 Units)
  • MAJ BCOT 248: Professional Soft Skills for the Workplace (3.0 Units)
• Summer 2025, 3rd Term
  • 3.5 Units
  • MAJ BCOT 131: Beginning College Keyboarding and Document Processing (3.5 Units)